Originally Posted by tapanojum
Philip adhored and loved Attic not Greek culture.
Originally Posted by tapanojum
Kervanos, to answer your question
"If the Makedonian people weren't greek then why were the cities they founded greek, or every kind of monument found in them written in greek?"
Philip II envied the Greek culture and did not wish to conquer it, but became part of it. One of the reasons he did not sack Athens like he did to Thebes but allow them to become an ally, unharmed and independent to a degree. Philip absorbed Greek culture
Philip adhored and loved Attic not Greek culture.
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